Cotton Workers
Cotton worker driving cotton to gin in a mule-drawn wagon. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
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Myers Park planting of Oak tree
Oak tree being planted in Myers Park with house in distance.
Physical Description: 3x5 extreme fading and crease on right hand corner
Publisher: Unknown
Cotton Machinery
Interior shot of a cotton ginnery. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown
Governor Zebulon B. Vance's Charlotte Residence
The Charlotte residence of Zebulon B. Vance, who was both the Governor of North Carolina during the Civil war and later a United States Senator.
Physical Description: 3 x 535 mm negative
Publisher: Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Man driving wagon through Myers Park
Man, probably one of the laborers, driving a wagon through Myers Park.
Physical Description: 3x5 good clarity
Publisher: Unknown
Cotton machinery
Mules powered machinery in an antebellum gin house. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
Cotton machinery
This wagon with cotton and machinery in the back was probably a traveling ginnery. Physical Description: Print in Tompkins collection 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Company
The Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Company was a modern-steam-operated ginnery located in the Atherton Mill area on what is now South Boulevard. The ginnery processed seventy-five bales of cotton a day. Physical Description: Original from Tompkins papers.4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
Cotton Workers
Workers picking cotton in the fields. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
Cotton Machinery
Travelling cotton gin Physical Description: 4x5 negativeOriginal from Tompkins Papers Publisher: Unknown